Cancer survivors and lawmakers take part in “Suits and Sneakers Day” at Statehouse
“Suits and Sneakers Day” encourages lawmakers and volunteers to “hit the ground running” — and make cancer policies a priority.
“Suits and Sneakers Day” encourages lawmakers and volunteers to “hit the ground running” — and make cancer policies a priority.
At the State House on Wednesday, Feb. 26, it will be a suits and sneakers kind of day.
“They screen patients who are uninsured or underinsured, and with an additional million dollars, they could screen more patients. So right now the screening that they have, they run out of screening every year. They have patients calling into their office saying hey can I get a screening and they have to tell them no I’m sorry we don’t have any funds to screen you,” Johnson says.
The front steps of the State House was covered in sneakers today.